15th May 2009

Highlights:
Black Tern - 1 briefly on Stewartby Lake mid afternoon
3+ Green Hairstreak - Stewartby Lake near sewage works stream outlet
Newly emerged Four-Spotted Chaser - Sensory Garden
Cinnabar Moth - near boardwalk

Newly emerged Four-spotted Chaser climbing away from casing - Sensory Garden

List of the 88 species of bird seen in last two weeks (additions to my MVCP yearlist in bold):

Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Cormorant
Grey Heron
Mute Swan
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose
Gadwall
Mallard
Pochard
Tufted Duck
Shelduck
Sparrowhawk
Buzzard
Marsh Harrier
Red Kite
Kestrel
Hobby
Peregrine
Pheasant
Grey Partridge
Moorhen
Coot
Oystercatcher
Lapwing
Redshank

Common Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Little Tern
Black Tern
Feral Pigeon
Woodpigeon
Collared Dove
Stock Dove
Turtle Dove

Cuckoo
Barn Owl

Swift
Kingfisher
Green Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Skylark
Pied Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail
Wren
House Martin
Sand Martin
Swallow
Dunnock
Robin
Whinchat
Mistle Thrush
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Cetti's Warbler (heard only)
Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Reed Warbler

Grasshopper Warbler
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Whitethroat
Lesser Whitethroat
Skylark
Long-tailed Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Magpie
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Bullfinch
Linnet
Yellowhammer
Reed Bunting